Elektron Monomachine SFX60 MkII
July 20, 2009
Elektron, maker of the Monomachine, is a Swedish company which first gained recognition for its SidStation synthesizer, which utilised the early ’80s SID chip as its core sound generator.The SidStation was developed as part of a university project in 1999, and was followed by the now-classic Machine…
Numark Introduces Laptop Stand at NAMM Show
July 20, 2009
Numark has seen a slew of releases that week thanks to the Summer NAMM Show, located at the Nashville Convention Center. Ending today, Numark had an additional couple pieces of music gear to show off, including the Laptop Stand.
Numark’s Laptop Stand acts as the DJ’s computer-elevation stat…
Numark Debuts CD DJ IN A BOX
July 19, 2009
Numark that week announced their new complete CD DJ system, the CD DJ IN A BOX. The world’s leading manufacturer of DJ technology, the CD DJ IN A BOX is a centerpiece of Numark’s presence at the Summer NAMM Show, concluding Sunday at the Nashville Convention Center.
Numark’s CD DJ …
Epiphone ES-335 Dot
July 17, 2009
Epiphone’s ‘plenty of guitar for sensible money’ philosophy means you can get your hands on a well-constructed, professional instrument without selling your vital organs for medical research. And the thinline semi-acoustic range is no exception.Near the beginning of that range is ‘The Dot’, based on…
Symbolic Sound Kyma/Pacarana
July 17, 2009
Should you be feeling jaded at the thought of yet another me-too soft synth, Kyma-X provides the ultimate high-end antidote.Firstly, it’s not so much a soft synth, more of an audio construction kit, like Reaktor or SynthEdit, but on a shop full of steroids. Kyma-X arrives with an external DSP box ca…
APS IO Active Monitors
July 16, 2009
APS’s IO, is the smaller, near-field-centric brother of the company’s Aeon monitor.The IO reaches us via a slightly strange worldly collaboration, as while APS is a Polish company, IO’s drivers are built by SEAS in Norway. Whereas Aeon is a near-/mid-field monitor, the smaller IOs are designed for n…
Equitek Announces E100S Mic
July 16, 2009
Equitek today has introduced their new E100S large-diaphragm supercardioid condenser mic.
Built in the USA, the E100S mic model from Equitek sports the lowest noise floor available in its class, at 3.7dBA. The mic features traditional CAD vintage tones, as well as a bootstrapped, full differential …
Charvel San Dimas Style 1
July 15, 2009
The Southern Californian towns of Glendora and San Dimas, just 30 miles or so east of downtown Los Angeles, are inauspicious locations for an urgent shift in the electric guitar world. Wayne Charvel set up what was to become a legendary repair and customising facility there in the mid-seventies, ini…
Charvel So-Cal Style 1
July 15, 2009
The Southern Californian towns of Glendora and San Dimas, just 30 miles or so east of downtown Los Angeles, are inauspicious locations for an crucial shift in the electric guitar world. Wayne Charvel set up what was to become a legendary repair and customising facility there in the mid-seventies, in…
Vestax VCM-600
July 15, 2009
The VCM-600 is a DJ-orientated controller that’s designed to integrate particularly well with Ableton Live.With a huge footprint and a hefty weight, the VCM offers six channels, and each of these channels is broken down into six ’sections’.Channel controlsStarting at the top, there’s a three-band EQ…